Ghana Takes Lead in Calling for Reparations for Slave Trade in Africa
Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed this week to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, who hosted the Accra Reparation Conference, said the world can no longer ignore accountability for more than 10 million Africans uprooted from the continent during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. VOA's Anthony LaBruto reports.
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